Revolution
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
From left to right: Beyond Meat Executive Chair and Honest Tea Co-founder Seth Goldman , ThinkFoodGroup CEO, Cofounder, and Executive Chairman José Andrés, Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve Case, Revolution Growth Partner Todd Klein , and Revolution Growth Principal Kristin Gunther at Revolution’s Dinner Roundtable in February 2020 Covid-19 has the potential to paralyze food and hospitality businesses.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
I saw this tweet in my feed yesterday and read the New Yorker piece when I woke up this morning: @fdestin @MacConwell @HarryStebbings any VC 'fairy godfathers of success' viewpoints? "Building a solid business, but the V.C.s wanted fantasy… the hope that one lucky wager would more than offset many bad bets." #startups @fredwilson blog fodder [link] — Claudia Lamb (@cloudylamb) November 23, 2020.
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TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Discord , the communications service that’s become the 21st century’s answer to MUD rooms, is close to closing a new round of financing that would value the company at up to $7 billion, according to sources with knowledge of the round. The new funding comes just months after a $100 million investment that gave the company a $3.5 billion valuation.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
A reading list for all entrepreneurs Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
After raising $215 million from SoftBank to double down on the surge of interest in online learning, Kahoot has made an acquisition to expand the scope of subjects that it covers. The popular startup, which lets people build and share educational games, has picked up Drops, a startup that helps people learn languages by way of short picture and word-based games.
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TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Marie Ekeland has unveiled her next act — and it’s a new fund called 2050. But it’s not your average French VC fund as it’s going to be an evergreen fund focused on building a better world. It sounds ambitious, but Ekeland isn’t just daydreaming as she has a detailed action plan. If you’re not familiar with Marie Ekeland, she used to be an investor at French VC firm Elaia.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Technically, a new universe is a type of startup Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Metromile , the pay-per-mile auto insurer that earlier this year laid off a third of its staff due to economic uncertainties caused by COVID-19, is taking the SPAC path to the public markets. The company, which was founded in 2011 and is led by CEO Dan Preston, said it has reached a merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company INSU Acquisition Corp.
GCUC
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
2020 has been a long, strange, difficult year. The good news is that we have now been through a massive work from home experiment. The post Coworking Megatrends 2021 appeared first on GCUC Community.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. The nation’s proximity to the U.K., Belgium, France and Germany makes Amsterdam a natural gateway to those markets. Long ago the savvy Dutch realized this, and built up Schiphol to become the world’s twelfth-busiest airport.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Follow social media’s example to create the next big thing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
U.S. challenger bank Current, which has doubled its member base in less than six months, announced this morning it raised $131 million in Series C funding, led by Tiger Global Management. The additional financing brings Current to over $180 million in total funding to date, and gives the company a valuation of $750 million. The round also brought in new investors Sapphire Ventures and Avenir.
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Startups and small businesses have been the silver lining in a year as chaotic and unprecedented as 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals have realized that the time to start a business is now and are embracing their inner entrepreneur by starting a business. While so many of these businesses are based online, through e-commerce sites and platforms like Shopify , others have turned to traditional brick-and-mortar storefront locations, fit for specific offerings and services.
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TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
The-Wolfpack’s co-founders, Toh Jin Wei, Tan Kok Chin and Simon Nichols (Image Credit: The-Wolfpack). The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the consumer, leisure and media companies hard, but a new venture firm called The-Wolfpack is still very upbeat on those sectors. Based in Singapore, the firm was founded by former managing directors at GroupM, one of the world’s largest advertising and media companies, and plans to work very closely with each of its portfolio companies.
Smart Hustle Magazine
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Travel has looked very different over the last several months. While big vacations and trips had to be rescheduled or reworked, many people still enjoy time away by taking a ride to explore new areas and spend time outside. City dwellers and suburbanites alike have packed up the car for day trips and long weekends, exploring hidden gems and new locales.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Building tech startups takes cash — and lots of it. But when you’re talking space startups, you’re talking galactic-level money. Costs blast right through Earth’s exosphere and become, literally, astronomical. If space is your jam, you’re going to need financial help, and you’ll learn where and how to access it at TC Sessions Space 2020 (December 16-17).
StartupNation
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Caura , the U.K. startup that wants to take the hassle out of car ownership, is launching car insurance — unveiling its insurtech ambitions. Dubbed “Caura Protect,” the new insurance product claims to reduce the cost and time taken to insure a car, building on the app’s existing car management features. Launched earlier this year by Sai Lakshmi, who previously co-founded medication management service Echo, Caura is a mobile app designed to manage all of the vehicle-relate
Ecosystem Builder Hub
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
I launched Ecosystem Builder Hub in February 2019 to be an online hub of aggregated articles and stories of entrepreneurial ecosystem building as well as a source of original content on the subject. In that time I’ve published over 400 posts on ecosystem building, effectively making it a pretty decent online directory of articles and stories for ecosystem builders.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
JoomPay , a startup with a similar product to PayPal-owned Venmo in the U.S., is set to launch in Europe shortly after being granted a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows people to send and receive money with anyone, instantly and for free. “ Venmo me” has become a common phrase in the U.S., where people use it to split bills in restaurants or similar instances.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Motorcycles offer riders unparalleled freedom, but it comes at a steep price. Can technology help? Read more here. The post [Ride Vision in ZDNet] Can collision-aversion make motorcycles safer? appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Dija, a new U.K. based startup founded by senior former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on $20 million funding, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, the round, which has yet to close, is being led by Blossom Capital , the early stage venture capital firm founded by ex-Index and LocalGlobe VC Ophelia Brown. It’s not clear who else is in the running, although I understand it was highly contested and the startup had offers from several top tier funds.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Stellar Cyber, the only intelligent next-gen security operations platform powered by Open XDR, announced today that it was named a finalist for the CISO Choice Award for Security Analytics Solution of the Year. The CISO Choice Award is an international competition, and Stellar Cyber was named a finalist from among dozens of companies that submitted.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
With $90 million in deposits and $18.25 million in new financing, HMBradley is making moves as the Los Angeles-based entrant into the challenger bank competition. LA is home to a growing community of financial services startups and HMBradley is quickly taking its place among the leaders with a novel twist on the banking business. Unlike most banking startups that woo customers with easy credit and savvy online user interfaces, HMBradley is pitching a better savings account.
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Reinke just secured a partnership with CropX, whose technology offers site-specific irrigation recommendations on a variety of factors including CropX maps, aerial imagery, weather, modeling, user input, and a patented soil sensor. Earlier this year, CropX acquired CropMetrics. That acquisition added more than 500,000 acres of soil data to the CropX farm management platform.
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